Sophie reached the hospital in less than ten minutes, it just needed a little extra money for the taxi driver to drive over the speed limit. Sophie was sure that she would have gotten the same result if she had used her charm instead and did a little flirt but she wasn't in the mood for that now. Parker was in a hospital, a damn hospital for gods sake! Parker always seemed invincible to her, the pure thought of her getting hurt seemed ridiculous. This girl jumps from skyscrapers, elevators and helicopters probably too, so how can a simple car hurt the lively blonde? "Please let her be okay." Sophie whispered before taking a deep breath and walking straight through the front-door and then to the reception. "Excuse me. I was called that Alice White was brought in here, a car hit her." The man behind the desk looked up from his papers and the experienced grifter in Sophie could already see that her womanly charm wouldn't get her anywhere with this guy so she didn't even need to try that.
"Are you a relative of Ms. White?" The man asked experienced but a little bored as well, maybe it was the clear disinterest of the man in Parkers fate that made Sophie lose her cover.
"What? No I.. how is she?" Sophie knew it was the wrong answer the moment she got it out but she couldn't take it back now. This whole situation shattered her a lot more than she thought it would be, Sophie just couldn't concentrate on the situation in front of her. Somewhere in this hospital was Parker and could possible die any minute and Sophie couldn't help her.
"I'm sorry, just relatives are allowed to be informed of the medical condition of our patients." The man said and got back to his work before Sophie could reply anything.
"We are relatives. This is Katherine White and I'm Christian White. Alice is our adoptive-daughter. She's just not related by blood, my wife is very concerned so please understand her puzzlement as pure maternal madness." Nate explained who just stood a few steps behind Sophie without her even noticing him.
"Can I see some form of ID please?" The nurse asked and completely ignored Sophie now. Hysterical mothers were something he had to deal with unfortunately almost every day so he knew how they could be, fathers were always the more collected in situations like this.
"Of course you can. Here's mine." Nate showed him an ID card and handed Sophie something else. "You forgot your wallet in the car, dear." Sophie took it thankfully, she knew that the man in front of her needed to believe her, she had to collect herself. After taking a brief glance at the ID cards he brought his attention back to Nate.
"Thank you Mr. White. I'll contact someone who knows about your daughters condition. Please sit down in the waiting area, someone will come for you." Nate nodded and took Sophie by her shoulders to lead her into one of the uncomfortable looking chairs.
"Where..?"
"Hardison made us all identities for a case like that. He really is prepared for everything." Nate said with proud at the young hacker but Sophie just nodded and became silent again, still to shocked to do anything more.
"Do you know what exactly happened to her?" Her voice seemed to crack just by thinking about it, but years of practice controlling her emotions helped the grifter to get the words out, she just needed to know.
"Not yet but we're working on it." Softly Nate took his hands on each side of her head and looked Sophie directly in the eyes, before he said "Sophie, listen to me. Parker is strong, she's going to make it, you'll see." She wasn't sure if he really believed that or was just trying to convince her. He was calmer than herself, more collected, probably from his experience with his son. Sophie had never gone through a similar situation, sure sometimes a member of her previous teams got hurt during a job, but this was different. Parker, Hardison, Eliot and Nate were her family now. She was closer to them than to any member of her 'real' family by now and she couldn't bear to lose any one of them. Sophie didn't know exactly how long she was sitting, just staring at the wall and being held close by Nate who wiped away her tears and stroked her hair softly to calm her down, it could be hours since they came here or just a few minutes, but she didn't care either. Time was not relevant as long as she didn't get any news about Parkers condition. Eventually a doctor made his way to them and they internally prepared themselves for the worst.